Grandparents were babysitting boy at time of Broomfield homicide

Charlotte and Joseph Doll were babysitting their grandson for only half an hour the morning of April 27 before they found him injured, with an ax laying near his body, in the basement of their home.

Redacted arrest and search affidavits released Wednesday afternoon detailed the events leading up to the 911 call Joseph made to Broomfield police and what officers found in the home in the 4200 block of W. 136th Ave. during their investigation.

The couple told police they had picked up the boy and drove to their home about 8:30 a.m. that day so another family member could attended nursing school. Charlotte sat with the boy, who was in an upstairs living room playing with an iPad, before Emanuel Doll asked the boy to come down into the basement.

About 9 a.m. Charlotte Doll heard loud noises that she described as a "pillowcase loaded with items hitting the floor." She said she yelled to Emanuel Doll asking him what the noise was and that he said "nothing." A few minutes later, he came upstairs and then went outside.

Charlotte and Joseph Doll live at the home with their 25-year-old son, Emanuel Doll, who earlier this month was charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

In his 911 call, Joseph told police "Emanuel used an ax and that the ax was still inside the house," according to the affidavit.

When they arrived, police found the boy — who has still not been officially identified — unresponsive and with a "massive amount of trauma" in the basement lying on his back with an iPad and a bloodied ax near him.

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Officers detained Emanuel Doll in the backyard.

Emanuel Doll told detectives he works for Colorado Coding, his father's business. Joseph Doll confirmed that his son is an employee and that he is "always programming on his computers but 'never turned in any worthwhile work.'" Recently, Emanuel Doll did help his father "enhance" a mobile application, according to the documents.

Police seized several computers, the iPad and a rose gold colored Samsung Cricket flip phone, which Emanuel Doll said he uses as an alarm clock.

Joseph Doll told police Emanuel Doll and his grandson would play games and surf the internet on one of the six computers in the house.

Emanuel Doll used Facebook to talk to his sisters, Joseph Doll said, but he wasn't sure about other social media. Police questioned Emanuel Doll about his phone and computer usage, including what browsers he uses. Emanuel Doll denied using anonymizers, browsers that enable a user to surf the internet incognito.

"My experience has also shown that individuals use their computers, cell phones and tablets to do research on things they are interested in or involved in and talk in chatrooms and/or through social media with people that their friends and family may not even know about," Detective Jennifer King-Sullivan wrote in the search affidavit. "The witnesses we have talked to in this case all report that Emanuel spent the majority of his time on his computer."

The murder charges allege the crime was deliberate and committed with intent, and the second also specifies that the suspect killed a child under 12 years old when the person was in a position of trust with the victim.

The Office of the Coroner of Adams and Broomfield Counties is determining the official cause and manner of death.

Emanuel Doll remains in custody without bond and is set for a preliminary hearing on July 14.

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